Next version of AB (0.006)

[Graham Ollis]

I took the initiative and uploaded 0.007 versions of the Acme modules and dev version (0.005_01) of Alien::Base so that we can start to get some feedback on the two big recent features:

 1. support for static libraries when pkg-config is not involved

 2. Inline integration

I would still like to refactor some or all of the installer out of AB::MB, as discussed elsewhere.  I felt the first point was the only major missing piece from the 0.005 release.  The second point was easy to do without making many changes to AB::MB.  The third major issue that I would like to see addressed for the 0.006 release is gh#76

https://github.com/Perl5-Alien/Alien-Base/issues/76

which can also be done while putting off any changes to AB::MB.  It can also be addressed without needing more dev releases for cpan testers to try.

Thus, my plan, and please raise your hands if anyone has any objections... is to finish off gh#76 in the next few days, fix any bugs revealed by the 0.005_01 release and do a 0.006 release.

Graham

[Graham Ollis]

I've released Alien::Base 0.006 and companion Acme modules version 0.009.  The dev releases had been stable for quite some time and contained a number of bug fixes that weren't in 0.005 in addition to the new features.

I didn't finish the cookbook FAQ (gh#76) as I wanted to, as I while I was working on it I realized I want to add a few features so that I can refer to them from the FAQ.  I am hoping that if accepted by the AB team we can include some of these features in 0.007 along with a FAQ.

Graham

[mohawk]

That's great! May I suggest more of a "release early, release often" rather than sitting on it until other stuff is done?